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Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) GALATASARAY's Gürel Canpolat started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. When Gürel Canpolat came up free with the goalie in the 4th minute, the GALATASARAY fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Gürel Canpolat couldn't finish the play. Sait Ozan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. GALATASARAY's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Gencer Onural in the 9th minute. After taking down the ball on GALATASARAY's corner Gencer Onural fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and İskender Dursunali quite easily take care of the ball. 12 minutes into the match, Pamukkale's goal looked a bit too open when Gürel Canpolat came free, but İskender Dursunali reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 15th minute the ball was on its way in behind Pamukkale's goalkeeper İskender Dursunali, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sait Ozan got free with İskender Dursunali in the 16th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. İskender Dursunali took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gürel Canpolat, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in GALATASARAY's zone, Demir Uca stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ahmet Ömür Demirkan came out of the goal and Demir Uca tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Demir Uca's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ahmet Ömür Demirkan read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 21st minute of play. Sait Ozan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 23rd minute of the match, but İskender Dursunali made a huge save. The supporters of GALATASARAY booed when Pamukkale was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Demir Uca didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sait Ozan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Demir Uca fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ahmet Ömür Demirkan having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gürel Canpolat in the 39th minute of play forced Pamukkale's goalkeeper İskender Dursunali to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sait Ozan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gürel Canpolat received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. İskender Dursunali tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. GALATASARAY's Gürel Canpolat got a good chance for a goal in the 47th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.

The wind increased when Afşin Bayraktar made the kick off in the second half. Sait Ozan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without İskender Dursunali having to interfere. Sait Ozan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. İskender Dursunali tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 60th minute, Gürel Canpolat ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. İskender Dursunali was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Sait Ozan blasted a shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without İskender Dursunali having to make a save. In the 63rd minute Sait Ozan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but İskender Dursunali saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. İskender Dursunali didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gürel Canpolat went, in the 64th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. İskender Dursunali showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ali Berkant Uzhan in the 68th minute of the match. İskender Dursunali didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sait Ozan went, in the 70th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. After a rather tough play, GALATASARAY's Ali Berkant Uzhan got a free kick in the 74th minute. Sait Ozan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. İskender Dursunali tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gencer Onural was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 79 minutes into the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 79th minute of the game. One of GALATASARAY:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Pamukkale:s goal. The goalkeeper, Ahmet Ömür Demirkan, was totally fooled by Pamukkale's Mehmet Halis Teber, who 82 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. After having played for 85 minutes, Sait Ozan managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. GALATASARAY's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sait Ozan was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Sait Ozan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. İskender Dursunali tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 94th minute, Ali Berkant Uzhan got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. GALATASARAY's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.